The U.S. Navy is now conducting a second National Environmental Policy Act review to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed CNMI Joint Military Training program, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The assessment includes the cumulative effects of all of the...

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona issued an order Thursday that granted in part the U.S. Department of Navy’s and the U.S. Department of Defense’s request for the court to reverse its order that compels them to add more documents to the record in the...

The federal court has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging U.S. Navy plans for the Marine Corps to conduct live-fire training in the CNMI.  In a decision issued Friday, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona said the lawsuit questioning whether...

With rapidly evolving security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, “there is an unusual need for unquestioning adherence to the political decision already made” to relocate Okinawa-based Marines to Guam, and to maintain the United States’ commitment to Japan, according to the...